# Problem nested movieclips width

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-nested-movieclips-width/310112>\
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**Created:** [June 1, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-nested-movieclips-width/310112 "2010-06-01T21:29:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![soulghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@soulghost](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulghost)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-nested-movieclips-width/310112/1 "2010-06-01T21:29:25Z")

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hi

i am using a movieclip who has two nested movieclips, the problem i am dealing is that when i try to get the width or heigth of the parent movieclip it always showing the values of the small nested movieclip, when i draw the movieclip it draw perfect but when i read this values shows that error, what can i do?

thanks